| tune | the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency |
| tune-up | adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance |
warm-up
tune-up prolusion | exercising in preparation for strenuous activity |
manner mode
style
way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
| tune | the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch, he cannot sing in tune, the clarinet was out of tune |
mode
modal value | the most frequent value of a random variable |
asynchronous transfer mode
ATM | a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds, suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
ecclesiastical mode
Gregorian mode
church mode
medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until , derived historically from the Greek mode |
| Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
mode
musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
major key
major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
minor key
minor mode | a key based on the minor scale |
tune
melody
air strain
melodic line
line melodic phrase | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence, she was humming an air from Beethoven |
signature signature tune
theme song | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio
tv program |
mood
mode modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
modality
mode | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
| mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement, switched from keyboard to voice mode |
tune
tune up | adjust the pitches of (musical instruments), My piano needs to be tuned |
calibrate
graduate
fine-tune | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring, calibrate an instrument, graduate a cylinder |
| tune tune up | adjust for (better) functioning, tune the engine |
fine-tune
tweak | adjust finely, fine-tune the engine |
| polish refine fine-tune down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing, refine one's style of writing |
| tune in | regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program |
call the shots
call the tune
wear the trousers | exercise authority or be in charge, Who is calling the shots in this house? |
latest
a la mode(p)
in style(p)
in vogue(p)
modish | in the current fashion or style |
| a la mode | with ice cream on top or on the side, we served the apple pie a la mode |